Handle



F. L. LINDHORST.

HANDL E.

APPL ICATION TILED NOV. 16. 1921.

Patented June 27, 1922.

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FREDERICK L. LINDHORST,- OE DETROLIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO DETROIT TORCH 8:; MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION OF MICHIGAN.

HANDLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 27, 1922.

To all w/zom 2'25 may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK L. LIND- nonsr, a citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of llfichigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Handles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to flexible wire handles for bails or other places where a load is placed on the handle so that the line of draft of the load is at an angle to the axis of the handle. The object of the invention is to provide a coiled wire handle which will not distort under load.

In the drawings,

Fig. 1 is an elevation of a handle showing it attached to the bail of a pail.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a handle and a part of the bail.

The hail of the pail is the usual semicircular run of wire a. At the top of the hail the wire is ofi set as at b to form a notch to hold the ends of the coiled wire handle 0. N ow ordinarily the bail passes axially through the center of the handle. If there is any considerable load supported on the hail the helical wire handle will immediately be distorted fromend to end, that is to say, the coils will draw further apart and the handle will be bowed up until the inside of the coils engage the bail.

With my improved handle a relatively 'stifl bail is used and the offset portion of the bail is bowed down as at d to follow substantially the curve of'the inside of the coil from end to end. In fact, it is intended that the bowed portion of the offset portion of the bail at all times engage the inside of the coils on the under side of the handle. Hence when a heavy load is picked up by the bail and handle the bowed portion of the ofiset of the bail immediately resists any tendency of the coils to separate endwise and bow out, as is customary with all coiled wire handles under heavy loads. This makes a much firmer and better handle.

What I claim is:

1. A handle, having a plurality of open coils and a load-supporting member passing through the interior of the coils and abutting against the inside of the coils at all times on the side of the handle where the load is applied.

2. A handle, comprising a coiled wire member and a bail passing through said coiled member and at all times abutting against the inside of the coils on the side where the load is applied.

3. A handle, comprising a flexible coiled wire member in which the coils are of progressively larger diameter from the ends to the center, and a bowed supporting member passing through the interior of the coil and abutting against the inside of the coils on the side to which the load is applied.

a. A handle, comprising a coiled wire member in which the coils are of progressively greater diameter from the ends to the center, and a bail passing through the interior of the coiled member from end to end and bowed out on the side to which the load is applied so that the bowed portion contacts 7 the side of the handle to whichthe load is g applied.

In testimony whereof I afix my signature.

FREDERICK L. LINDHORST. 

